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Fredrick Eugene Smith
1868-1931

Fredrick was the son of William Edward and Isabella (Brooks) Smith.  He was born in Brompton Falls, Quebec, Canada in 1868.  Fredrick was a station agent for the railroad in Groton, VT.   He married 11/10/1891 Ida Mae Clark, daughter of Manley M. and Ellen (Donaldson) Clark.  He removed to Presque Isle, Maine where he owned a potato farm and was a telegraph operator for the railroad.  He married Annie Ireland June 21, 1897.  

Ida Mae Clark was born in Groton, Caledonia Co., Vt. 3/5/1869 and died there 10/12/1926.  She is buried in the Groton Village Cemetery, Groton, Vt.

For a short time, she was in the undertaking business with her father and took over the business when he died. 

She divorced Fredrick and later married Almon N. Clark in 1912.

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Ida Mae Clark
1869-1926  

 

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Jacob H. Hooper, II
1831 - 1883

Jacob H. Hooper, II was the son of Samuel R. and Margaret E. (Hooper) Hooper.  He married 4/16/1859  Isabella Welch, daughter of Stephen and Isabel (Page) Welch.  He was born in Groton, Caledonia Co., Vt. 5/16/1831 and died there 10/1/1883.  He is buried in the Groton Village Cemetery, Groton, Vt.

Isabella was born in Groton, Caledonia Co., Vt. 1/10/1841 and died there 3/29/1924. She is buried in the Groton Village Cemetery, Groton, Vt.

Isabella married Wesley J. Millis son of Jacob and Lydia (_____) Millis on 10/22/1891.

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Isabella Welch
1841 - 1924

 

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Stephen Welch Hooper
1861 - 1927

Stephen Welch Hooper was the son of Jacob and Isabella (Welch) Hooper.  He married 12/12/1893   Elizabeth Victoria Dennis, daughter of Hiram W. and Mary L. (Lampro) Dennis.   He was born in Groton, Caledonia Co., Vt. 7/5/1861 and died there 11/22/1927.   He is buried in the Groton Village Cemetery, Groton, Vt.

Elizabeth was born in Canada (probably Quebec) 3/8/1879 and died in Groton, Caledonia Co., Vt. 12/9/1954.  She is buried in the Groton Village Cemetery, Groton, Vt.

She divorced Stephen and later married Leland Green.

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Elizabeth Victoria Dennis
1879 - 1954

 

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Gerald Ernest Smith
1894 - 1959

Gerald Ernest Smith was the son of Fredrick and Ida Mae (Clark) Smith.   He was born in Groton, Caledonia Co., Vt. on 3/19/1894 and died in Southington, Ct. 7/7/1959.  He is buried in the Groton Village Cemetery, Groton, Vt.  Gerald was a store owner and machinist at Pratt & Whitney Manufacturing Co.  He married 7/17/1922 Gladys Mabelle Hooper, daughter of  Stephen W. and Elizabeth V. (Dennis) Hooper.

Gladys was born in Barnet, Caledonia Co. Vt. 2/23/1904 and died in Southington, Ct. 9/21/1995.   Gladys was a store owner and time keeper for Pratt & Whitney Manufacturing Co.   She is buried in the Groton Village Cemetery, Groton, Vt.

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Gladys Mabelle Hooper
1904 - 1995

 

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